LAGOS MAY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Justice Abiola Soladoye of the Lagos State Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court, sitting in Ikeja, has convicted and sentenced a school proprietor, Benson Arinze, to life imprisonment for sexually assaulting a six-year-old pupil. The judge who delivered the judgement on Wednesday handed down the verdict after finding Arinze guilty of…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In December 2024, then-South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol made a botched attempt at imposing military rule to reassert his leadership. That was overturned six hours later, after lawmakers defied armed police and military to gather inside parliament and vote down the decree. Yoon was subsequently impeached by parliament, arrested and charged…
LAGOS JANUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Lagos Arabic teacher who is also a cleric, Oladosu Sakiru,has been sentenced to 21 years imprisonment for attempted sexual assault on a 13-year-old student. Sakiru was jailed by Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court after he was found guilty on an amended two-count charge of attempted sexual assault by penetration,…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A heartless killer who beheaded his mentor after stealing nearly $400,000 from him to impress his French lover told a Manhattan judge that he should spend the rest of his life behind bars. According to the New York Post, convicted killer Tyrese Haspil was slapped with a 40-years-to-life sentence in the 2020…
LAGOS MAY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A Kyiv court Monday ruled that a 21-year-old Russian soldier who killed a civilian was guilty of war crimes and handed him a life sentence, in the first verdict against Moscow’s forces since their invasion. “The court has found that (Vadim) Shishimarin is guilty and sentences him to life imprisonment,” judge Sergiy…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-For the second consecutive time, the 661 Nigerian Air Force Hospital Laboratory (661 NAFH), Ikeja has again won the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 15189:2012 accreditation certificate for quality management systems and excellent service delivery. The award was presented to the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Oladayo Amao at…
LAGOS JUNE 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Security personnel attached to the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano have intercepted bags filled up with different foreign currencies brought in on a foreign airline. The incident, which occurred Thursday according to some insider’s at the airport, followed he arrival of an Ethiopian Airlines flight at about 2pm. The source, who…
